Roundabouts
A roundabout has one core rule: yield before entering; traffic already in the circle goes first. Slow to 15 to 25 mph, pick your lane early from the signs, look left, enter to the right when there is a gap, travel counterclockwise, and exit at your street without changing lanes.
Stop for pedestrians and bicyclists in the crosswalks on the way in and out. Trucks may ride the apron and use both lanes, so never drive beside them. If an emergency vehicle comes, exit first and then pull over.
Example: you are at the entry and a car is coming around from your left. Even if it is still some distance away, wait for it, because the right-of-way is theirs.
Related questions
- Before entering a roundabout, whom must you yield to?
- Which is correct while driving in a roundabout?
- A large truck approaches a two-lane roundabout beside you in the next lane. You should:
- What does the sign in the picture mean?
- Roundabouts are designed for roughly what speed?
- Once inside a roundabout, which way should you travel?
- You are driving through a roundabout when an ambulance with its siren on approaches from behind. What should you do?
- You are about to exit a roundabout and a bicyclist is riding through the crosswalk at your exit. What should you do?
- As you approach the entry to a roundabout, which way should you mainly look for traffic?
- A residential intersection has a painted traffic calming circle in the middle and no signs on any approach. You and a car on your right arrive at the same time. Who goes first?
- Which statement about a residential traffic calming circle is true?
- What is the truck apron around a roundabout's center island for?
- You approach a traffic calming circle and your approach has a stop sign. What should you do?
- You and a large truck are entering a two-lane roundabout together. What should you do?